Malaria diagnostic testing and treatment practices in three different Plasmodium falciparum transmission settings in Tanzania: before and after a government policy change.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The massive deployment of life saving malaria interventions has not only resulted in a decline in disease burden but a change in the risk of infection and disease. The study reassesses the importance of known risk factors and reviews demographic and socio-economic determinants of malaria risk in the populati...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Okebe J,Mwesigwa J,Kama EL,Ceesay SJ,Njie F,Correa S,Bojang K

更新日期：2014-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Autoregressive regression coefficients for Anopheles arabiensis aquatic habitat models are usually assessed using global error techniques and are reported as error covariance matrices. A global statistic, however, will summarize error estimates from multiple habitat locations. This makes it difficult to iden...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Jacob BG,Griffith DA,Muturi EJ,Caamano EX,Githure JI,Novak RJ

更新日期：2009-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The 2016 World Health Organization (WHO) World Malaria Report documents substantial progress towards control and elimination of malaria. However, major challenges remain. In some regions of Southeast Asia, the simian parasite Plasmodium knowlesi has emerged as an important cause of human malaria, and the aut...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Barber BE,Rajahram GS,Grigg MJ,William T,Anstey NM

更新日期：2017-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The anti-malarials quinine and artemisinin were isolated from traditionally used plants (Cinchona spp. and Artemisia annua, respectively). The synthetic quinoline anti-malarials (e.g. chloroquine) and semi-synthetic artemisinin derivatives (e.g. artesunate) were developed based on these natural products. Mal...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Lima RB,Rocha e Silva LF,Melo MR,Costa JS,Picanço NS,Lima ES,Vasconcellos MC,Boleti AP,Santos JM,Amorim RC,Chaves FC,Coutinho JP,Tadei WP,Krettli AU,Pohlit AM

更新日期：2015-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The classic formulae in malaria epidemiology are reviewed that relate entomological parameters to malaria transmission, including mosquito survivorship and age-at-infection, the stability index (S), the human blood index (HBI), proportion of infected mosquitoes, the sporozoite rate, the entomological inoculation rate ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Smith DL,McKenzie FE

更新日期：2004-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) have become the most common diagnostic tool for detection of Plasmodium falciparum malaria, in particular in remote areas. RDT blood spots provide a source of parasite DNA for molecular analysis. In this study, the utility of RDTs for molecular analysis and the performance of di...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Srisutham S,Suwannasin K,Mathema VB,Sriprawat K,Smithuis FM,Nosten F,White NJ,Dondorp AM,Imwong M

更新日期：2020-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Subsistence rice farmers in south-eastern Tanzania are often migratory, spending weeks or months tending to crops in distant fields along the river valleys and living in improvised structures known as Shamba huts, not fully protected from mosquitoes. These farmers also experience poor access to organized pre...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Swai JK,Finda MF,Madumla EP,Lingamba GF,Moshi IR,Rafiq MY,Majambere S,Okumu FO

更新日期：2016-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) and real-time PCR (qPCR) assays are sensitive for diagnosing malaria, but because they detect antigen and DNA, respectively, positivity may not reflect active infection. Performance characteristics of RDT and qPCR in Plasmodium falciparum positive specimens were evaluated over ti...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Phuong M,Lau R,Ralevski F,Boggild AK

更新日期：2015-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The receptors for adhesion of Plasmodium falciparum-infected red blood cells (RBC) in the placenta have been identified as chondroitin-4-sulphate (C4S) proteoglycans, and the more sulphate-rich chondroitin oligosaccharides have been reported to inhibit adhesion. Since the anti-malarial drug chloroquine accum...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Bhattacharyya S,Solakyildirim K,Zhang Z,Linhardt RJ,Tobacman JK

更新日期：2009-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malaria transmission in arid and semi-arid regions of Kenya such as Baringo County, is seasonal and often influenced by climatic factors. Unravelling the relationship between climate variables and malaria transmission dynamics is therefore instrumental in developing effective malaria control strategies. The ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Kipruto EK,Ochieng AO,Anyona DN,Mbalanya M,Mutua EN,Onguru D,Nyamongo IK,Estambale BBA

更新日期：2017-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malaria transmission is strongly determined by the environmental temperature and the environment is rarely constant. Therefore, mosquitoes and parasites are not only exposed to the mean temperature, but also to daily temperature variation. Recently, both theoretical and laboratory work has shown, in addition...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Zhao X,Chen F,Feng Z,Li X,Zhou XH

更新日期：2014-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Resistance of Plasmodium falciparum to anti-malarial drugs has hampered efforts to eradicate malaria. Recent reports of a decline in the prevalence of chloroquine-resistant P. falciparum in several countries, including Malawi and Zambia, is raising the hope of reintroducing chloroquine in the near future, id...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Dagnogo O,Ako AB,Ouattara L,Dago ND,Coulibaly DN,Touré AO,Djaman JA

更新日期：2018-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is evidence that suggests that undernutrition has a detrimental effect on malarial immunity in children. The aim of the study was to discover whether nutrient supplementation improved development of malarial antibody immunity in children up to 18 months of age. METHODS:The study was conducted with a s...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Barua P,Chandrasiri UP,Beeson JG,Dewey KG,Maleta K,Ashorn P,Rogerson SJ

更新日期：2018-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anti-malarial resistance in Plasmodium falciparum remains an obstacle for malaria control. Resistance-associated genes were analysed in Brazilian samples over four decades to evaluate the impact of different treatment regimens on the parasite genetic profile. METHODS:Samples were collected on filter paper f...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Inoue J,Lopes D,do Rosário V,Machado M,Hristov AD,Lima GF,Costa-Nascimento MJ,Segurado AC,Di Santi SM

更新日期：2014-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malaria is endemic in the Rajasthali region of the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh and the Rajasthali region is the most endemic area of Bangladesh. Quantifying the role of environmental and socio-economic factors in the local spatial patterns of malaria endemicity can contribute to successful malaria c...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Haque U,Soares Magalhães RJ,Mitra D,Kolivras KN,Schmidt WP,Haque R,Glass GE

更新日期：2011-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mosquitoes of the Anopheles gambiae species complex are the primary vectors of human malaria in sub-Saharan Africa. Many host genes have been shown to affect Plasmodium development in the mosquito, and so are expected to engage in an evolutionary arms race with the pathogen. However, there is little conclusi...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Obbard DJ,Welch JJ,Little TJ

更新日期：2009-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND: The development of Plasmodium falciparum within human erythrocytes induces a wide array of changes in the ultrastructure, function and antigenic properties of the host cell. Numerous proteins encoded by the parasite have been shown to interact with the erythrocyte membrane. The identification of new intera...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Lauterbach SB,Lanzillotti R,Coetzer TL

更新日期：2003-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increased control has produced remarkable reductions of malaria in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa, including Rwanda. In the southern highlands, near the district capital of Butare (altitude, 1,768 m), a combined community-and facility-based survey on Plasmodium infection was conducted early in 2010. METHO...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Gahutu JB,Steininger C,Shyirambere C,Zeile I,Cwinya-Ay N,Danquah I,Larsen CH,Eggelte TA,Uwimana A,Karema C,Musemakweri A,Harms G,Mockenhaupt FP

更新日期：2011-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early diagnosis and prompt treatment including appropriate home-based treatment of malaria is a major strategy for malaria control. A major determinant of clinical outcome in case management is compliance and adherence to effective antimalarial regimen. Home-based malaria treatment with inappropriate medicin...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Orimadegun AE,Amodu OK,Olumese PE,Omotade OO

更新日期：2008-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Deltamethrin-impregnated, long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) were distributed in the study area from November 2014 to January 2015 to evaluate their impact on malaria transmission in the presence of insecticide-resistant vectors. Studies were carried out in 16 selected clusters in Keshkal sub-district, C...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Kona MP,Kamaraju R,Donnelly MJ,Bhatt RM,Nanda N,Chourasia MK,Swain DK,Suman S,Uragayala S,Kleinschmidt I,Pandey V

更新日期：2018-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The emergence of Plasmodium falciparum resistance to artemisinins threatens to undermine the effectiveness of artemisinin-based combination anti-malarial therapy. Developing suitable drugs to replace artemisinins requires the identification of new compounds that display rapid parasite killing kinetics. Howev...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Linares M,Viera S,Crespo B,Franco V,Gómez-Lorenzo MG,Jiménez-Díaz MB,Angulo-Barturen Í,Sanz LM,Gamo FJ

更新日期：2015-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In individuals living in malaria-endemic regions, parasitaemia thresholds for the onset of clinical symptoms vary with transmission intensity. The mechanisms that mediate this relationship are however, unclear. Since inflammatory responses to parasite infection contribute to the clinical manifestation of mal...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Ademolue TW,Aniweh Y,Kusi KA,Awandare GA

更新日期：2017-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies in South-East Asia have suggested that early diagnosis and treatment with artesunate (AS) and mefloquine (MQ) combination therapy may reduce the transmission of Plasmodium falciparum malaria and the progression of MQ resistance. METHODS:The effectiveness of a fixed-dose combination of AS and MQ (ASM...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Santelli AC,Ribeiro I,Daher A,Boulos M,Marchesini PB,dos Santos RL,Lucena MB,Magalhães I,Leon AP,Junger W,Ladislau JL

更新日期：2012-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In areas with ongoing malaria transmission, strategies to clear parasites from populations can reduce infection and transmission. The objective of this paper was to describe a malaria mass testing and treatment (MTAT) intervention implemented in six kebeles (villages) in Amhara Region, Ethiopia, at the begin...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Scott CA,Yeshiwondim AK,Serda B,Guinovart C,Tesfay BH,Agmas A,Zeleke MT,Guesses GS,Ayenew AL,Workie WM,Steketee RW,Earle D,Bezabih B,Getachew A

更新日期：2016-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anopheles arabiensis is stereotypical of diverse vectors that mediate residual malaria transmission globally, because it can feed outdoors upon humans or cattle, or enter but then rapidly exit houses without fatal exposure to insecticidal nets or sprays. METHODS:Life histories of a well-characterized An. ar...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Killeen GF,Govella NJ,Lwetoijera DW,Okumu FO

更新日期：2016-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malaria prevalence has recently declined markedly in many parts of Tanzania and other sub-Saharan African countries due to scaling-up of control interventions including more efficient treatment regimens (e.g. artemisinin-based combination therapy) and insecticide-treated bed nets. Although continued molecula...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Ishengoma DS,Lwitiho S,Madebe RA,Nyagonde N,Persson O,Vestergaard LS,Bygbjerg IC,Lemnge MM,Alifrangis M

更新日期：2011-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rapid elimination of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Cambodia is a goal with both national and international significance. Transmission of malaria in Cambodia is limited to forest environments, and the main population at risk consists of forest-goers who rely on forest products for income or sustenance. The...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Kunkel A,Nguon C,Iv S,Chhim S,Peov D,Kong P,Kim S,Im S,Debackere M,Khim N,Popovici J,Srun S,Vantaux A,Guintran JO,Witkowski B,Piola P

更新日期：2021-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The level of antibodies against PfEMP1 is routinely quantified by the conventional microtitre enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). However, ELISA only measures one analyte at a time and requires a relatively large plasma volume if the complete antibody profile of the sample is to be obtained. Furthermo...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Cham GK,Kurtis J,Lusingu J,Theander TG,Jensen AT,Turner L

更新日期：2008-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the Republic of Korea (ROK), six sibling species of the Anopheles sinensis complex are considered the vector species of malaria, but data on their susceptibilities to malaria and vector capacities have been controversial. The intensive use of insecticides has contributed to the rapid development and sprea...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Kang S,Jung J,Lee S,Hwang H,Kim W

更新日期：2012-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are now widely used in the world. Compared to Plasmodium falciparum, a poor sensitivity of RDTs was reported against Plasmodium vivax based on the adopted antibody against pan-Plasmodium antigen lactate dehydrogenase (pLDH) or aldolase. Levels of pLDH were measured f...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Jang JW,Cho CH,Han ET,An SS,Lim CS

更新日期：2013-06-03 00:00:00